<p>Update on weight loss medication</p><p>I had posted before about my issues losing weight while taking anastrozole. My chemotherapy doctor told me that well anastrozole doesn’t necessarily make you gain weight. It makes it very difficult to lose weight. It seems that fat sells that circulate and are typically used and burn for energy for a patient taking anastrozole these fat cells Are often deposited into existing adipose tissue. I did a three month window of taking phentermine, a non-hormonal weight loss medication. ( a lot of the new medication‘s advertised are not only very expensive but our hormonal so not appropriate for a patient with ER positive PR positive breast cancer.). Over the initial course of three months on phentermine I was able to lose about 15 pounds. My doctor had me take a three month break to see what kind of maintenance I could achieve. I visited him last week and had regained only 2 pounds. Considering Christmas was less than three weeks ago. It was pretty happy with that. Pcp was also very happy with that. He told me the average regain of weight of patients taking phentermine when they are placed on that first break is 110%. I was astonished at that, and he followed that I was a very successful patient and candidate for phentermine, and it was obvious to him That I not only maintained the weight loss. I also adapted to the food choices and reduced calorie intake. I did while taking phentermine. So yesterday I started a new two month course using phentermine, hope to lose another 10 pounds or so, go on another two month break to verify that it was and remains effective for me. I so wish that years ago, I had a primary care doctor as wise as my current one. all I had been told previously was less exercise more. That never worked for me and had I known then what I know now periodic use of medication would have been the appropriate course. This is just my experience, and it may not work for everyone, but I was pretty certain that I was stuck at my original weight, and no matter what I did could not reduce it. I do believe without the medication I could not reduce it, but with the medication I have reduced it, hopefully will continue to reduce it a little bit more, And hopefully will continue to maintain a better weight with the help of periodic medication.</p>